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Russia to cut gas supplies to Poland, Bulgaria amid tensions over Ukraine
Apr 27, 2022 05:11Russia's energy giant Gazprom is reportedly going to cut off natural gas deliveries to Poland and Bulgaria, after they refused to pay for their supplies in rubles.
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Russia expels Swedish diplomats in tit-for-tat move
Apr 26, 2022 14:05Russia's Foreign Ministry has ordered the expulsion of three Swedish diplomats in retaliation for a similar move taken by Stockholm over the ongoing conflict in Ukraine.
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UN chief calls for ceasefire in Ukraine ‘as soon as possible’
Apr 26, 2022 12:16United Nations (UN) Secretary-General Antonio Guterres has called for a ceasefire in war-torn Ukraine "as soon as possible" as the Russian military offensive in the former Soviet republic lingers for more than 60 days.
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EU aims for zero dependence on Russian energy by 2027
Apr 26, 2022 09:55The European Union (EU) is considering reducing its dependence on Russian oil and gas by two-thirds by the end of the year, in response to the Russian military offensive against Ukraine.
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Growing opposition to West's supply of arms to Ukraine
Apr 26, 2022 02:45The West continues to pour hundreds of millions of euros worth of deadly weapons into Ukraine. Speaking in India on Monday, the head of EU's executive arm, Ursula von der Leyen, defended this policy.
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Russia declares 40 German diplomatic staff persona non grata in tit-for-tat move
Apr 26, 2022 01:08Russia has declared 40 German diplomatic mission staff 'persona non grata' in response to an earlier move by Berlin ousting Russian diplomats over the conflict in Ukraine.
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Russia announces ceasefire around steel plant in Ukraine’s Mariupol to allow civilian evacuation
Apr 26, 2022 00:54Russia’s Defense Ministry has announced a ceasefire around the giant fortress-like Azovstal steelworks in Ukraine’s port city of Mariupol to allow a civilian evacuation from the flashpoint industrial area, almost a week after Moscow said it had fully seized the city.
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Russia’s envoy to US says working of embassy ‘blockaded’, staff threatened
Apr 25, 2022 09:12The Russian ambassador to the United States says the work of the Russian embassy has been “blockaded,” as the mission’s bank accounts have been closed and the staff have been threatened.
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Ukraine war should not overshadow crisis in Afghanistan: President Raeisi
Apr 25, 2022 08:06Expressing Iran’s opposition to any action steering the world towards war and unilateralism, President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi said the war in Ukraine should not prevent the international community from paying attention to the crisis in Afghanistan.
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Day 61: US raises ante with high-level visit to Kiev, more military aid
Apr 25, 2022 03:32Washington's top diplomat and the Pentagon chief have pledged additional military aid, including advanced weapons, and a return of US envoys to Kiev on their first wartime visit to Ukraine.